Frank de Boer in talks with Spurs over manager’s job

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Last updated at 4:53PM, April 29 2014

Frank de Boer, the coach of Ajax, has confirmed that his club have received an
approach from Tottenham Hotspur to see if he would be interested in managing
them.

De Boer - whose club won a fourth successive Eredivisie league title this
weekend - told national broadcaster NOS that he had been informed of the
call by Marc Overmars, Ajax’s director of football. However, he added that
he was preoccupied with Ajax and unwilling to consider a change until the
season ends next week.

“I’m going to listen and talk,” the 43-year-old, who also won the Uefa Cup and
Champions League as